Unit of Study WRIT2007 Writing Poetry (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

No

Unit description

Develops student skills in writing, performing and publishing varied poetic forms. Students will be introduced to generating and editing their poems through reading of other poets' work for genre, style, content and context; through practice of poetic language skills; and through acquiring knowledge of performance and publishing practices. Intended as a second/third-year unit.

Unit content

Topic 1. Introduction
Topic 2. Verse - About poetry
Topic 3. Making the Line - Composition I
Topic 4. Making the Line - Composition II
Topic 5. Senses
Topic 6. Subjects
Topic 7. Metaphor
Topic 8. Voice
Topic 9. Language
Topic 10. Finding Poetry
Topic 11. Revision and editing (workshopping)

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term2	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate use of poetic language across a variety of poetic forms

demonstrate an understanding of contemporary publishing practices in poetry

demonstrate an ability to devise and develop a suite of poetry in a form of their own choosing

reflect critically and constructively on their own and others' writing.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Project proposal	40%
Creative work	60%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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